Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-13

| Ing ouC IN one, two, three order. Dolly
was all the time doing honest work, and
while her pace was not as rapid as she was
capable OF she was steadily gaining. With
varying fortunes the quartette kept going
until they turned into the home stret ch
with Dolly on the inside, Lady Don crowd.
ing and Elsie and Victor far behind. About
hall way down the stretch Dolly forced the
pace and Lady Don went off her feet. thus
losing all chance nf success, and Dolly came
in the winner, Lady Don second, Elsie
third and Victor bad fourth. Time.
2:85x. Paris muthals paid 5000.
HEAT TWO.
The honest qualities shown by the brown
mare. and her unexpected success brought
her many friends. and for the second heat
pools sold Dolly $50, Elsie $25 and the
field $11. The Elsie men were still conf.
dent and chuckled as they got the odds in
their favor. The start was fair one, but
Lady Don broke on the first turn, which
sent her to the rear. Elsie was acting well
and showed good speed, but the Lady con-
cluded that she must again get into the race
which she did in such fine style that lust
about the half mile post Dolly, Elsie and
Lady were having q neck and neck race.
In reaching these positions, Duncan, for
some reason, although his mare was trot-
ting we'll, took the outside track, thus
giving the Lady an advantage. In the neck
and neck race they went for several hun
dred yards when a bad break threw the
Lady to third and Elsie and Dolly had the
race to themselves. They held we'll together
until they turned into the stretch and then
they had q hot race, both doing their best,
but Dolly being the fleetest and coming in
winner by a length, Elsie second, Lady Don
a good third and Victor distanced. Time,
2:33A. Paris mutuals paid 50.
A. HARD KICK.
After this heat had been concluded the
hackers and admirers of Elsie made a grand
kick. They swore that her
owner and driver, Duncan, was throwing
off and they were being robbed. They very
frankly admitted that they knew she conld
trot in 26 or better, and that they had
bought pools on her in three-minute
race with this knowledge, but there was no
harm in that, the crime was in making them
lose the money. The growl WIS so extern
sive that some of the people who had bet
on Lady Don concluded that they, too,
had a kick coming and they entered a pro-
test. The judges took the matter under
advisement, and after due consideration
called up the horses, and ordered Ed. Con-
nelly, well-known turfman of the East
Side, to drive Elsie, and Jeffries to drive
Lady Don: Mr.. Duncan protested that he
was driving honestly, that his mare was
nervous and excitahle, that no one else had
ever pulled a line over her. and that he
could get more out of her than any one
Else. The judges were inexorable and Con-
nelly took the ribbons to the delight of
The Elsie hackers. The driver OF Lady Don
submitted without murmur, and Jeffries
mounted his sulky. The changes revived
,he spirits of the Elsie party and she again
,old even in the pools with Dolly. and there
was considerable money invested, too.
HEAT THREE.
Connolly speeded Elsie up and down the
rack in good style, and figured in scoring
10 such an extent that there were at least
\ dozen false starts, and the Elsie people
we're elated. Finally they got the 60, with
Dolly a fair first, but Lady Don crowded
~ on her and the pair showed the way to
Elsie to the quarter. Up the back stretch
The Lady broke. and Elsie creptin and had
race with Dolly to the three-quarter where,
with pretty burst, she got the lead aud
turned into the homestretch on the inside.
holding the lead all the way down and
making one under the wire, Dolly being fully
four lengths behind and the Lady an easy
third. Time, 2:3OX- Paris mntuals paid
S7.85.
HEAT FOUR.
The speed OF the heat and the splendid
manner in which Elsie had acted elevated
the spirits of her friends to the highest
pitch. They dashed to the pool room and
made her 4 favorite of two to one against
the field. The judges appointed an officer
to accompany the mare to the
stables to see that she was not tam
pered with and all was serene when the bell
rung for the fourth heat. After scoring
two or three times they got good start
but almost after the word 60, Elsie broke
and from that time until she passed under
the wire she was continually oil her feet
and never showed her nose in front, Dolly
quietly holding that place all the way
Lady Don coming in second. Time, 2:36A:
When the heat ended Connolly, whoshad
a momt mt before been a hero was suddenly
into william, and was &C
cused of having sold the race and CON-
mitted other henious crimes. He, however,
protested his innocence and the race and